Cabinet construction



S. F. LONG.

CABINET CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION man APR.30,1917.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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CABINET CONSTRUCTION.

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SAMUEL F, LONG, 0F CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE ARMOR CLADMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

CABINET CONSTRUCTION.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Application led April 30, 1917. Serial No. 165,320.

To all yzcl'zom it may concern Be it known that'I, SAMUEL F. LONG, acitizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Starkand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCabinet Construction, of which the following is a specication.

The invention relates to the construction of sheet metal cabinets havinga plurality of filing drawers-mounted to slide into and out ofthe case;and the general object of the improvement is to provide a simple andrigid construction which can be manufactured at a minimum cost.

`In cabinets of this character made for filing flat drawings, tracings.blue prints and the like, the drawers maybe quite shallow but arenecessarily of considerable length and width; and particular objects ofthe improvement pertain to the const-ruction of drawers of thischaracter togive them strength and stiffness against torsional strains.and also to the construction of the guide-ways in the case for thedrawers.

This object of the improvement is attained by making the side walls ofthey drawers of channel members with outturned flanges and theguide-ways in the case'ofchannel members with inturned flanges, theout-turned flanges of the sides of thedrawers being adapted to operateby sliding between the respective inturn'ed flanges of the guide-ways.

A preferred elnbodiment of the invention thus set forth in a generalway, is shown in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof'in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet or case comprising threesections. each containing five drawers;

Fig. L), a. front elevation section at one side of one case sectionshowing the frontends of the guide-ways;

Fig. 3, a part elevation section of the other side of one case section,showing the guide-ways also in section:

Fig. 4, a fragmentary vertical section showing the method of connectingtwo sections thereof and also showing one drawer in position;

Fig. 9, a plan section of a case sectionV showing the plan of a drawertherein;

Fig. 10, a detached perspective view of the top and side walls of thecase;

Fig. 11, a detached perspective View of the outer side of one bearingwall;

Fig. 12, a detached perspective view of the inner side of one bearingwall showing the guide-ways thereon;

Fig. 13, a detached perspective view of the bottom of one case section;and

Fig. 14, a detached perspective view of the back wall of one casesection.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The cabinet may comprise a/series of sections 1'. each containing aseries of drawers 2. the sections being mounted one upon another andpreferablyT supported upon a base 3.

Each section 1 of the case is preferably madeof an integral metal sheetshaped to form' the top 4 and side walls 5; a sheet of metal shaped toform the bottom 6; a sheet of metal shaped to form the back wall 7, andtwo sheets of metal shaped to form the bearing walls 8; all as shown inperspective detail in Sheet 3. and in assembled relation in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings.

n The rear edges of the top 4 and side walls 5 are provided with theinturned flanges 9 which overlap the corresponding turned flanges 12which abut the side walls and rest upon the inturned flange 13 formedalong the lower edges thereof.

The forward edges of the top 4 and side walls 5 are provided with theinturned l. flanges 14 which serve to finish and stiifen the front ofthe (rase, and likewise the forp ward edge of the bottom 6 is providedwith arate piece the pendent inturned l flange 15 which completes thefront finish of the case.

The bearing wall 8 is preferably provided in each side of the case,substantially in the plane of the L of the flanges 14 on the forwardedges of the side walls; and the front and rear edges are provided without-turned L flanges 16 which abut the side wall 5 of the case andproperly space the bearing walls therefrom. The upper and lower edges ofthe bearing walls are provided with the inturned Hanges 17 and 17abetween which are a plurality of spaced channel members 18 each havinginturned ianges 19; which inturned flanges 17, 17a and 19 constitute theguide-ways and guides for the .drawers 2 of the cabinet.

The lower end of the bearing walls 8 may rest upon the bottom 6 of thecase section, and the lower ends of the L flanges 14 on the forwardedges of the side walls 5 are preferably cut away to receive the L-lange15 on the forward edge of the bottom, as shown at 2O in Figs. 5 and 10;and it will be understood that the overlapping and abutting parts andflanges of the case section, as thus described, are suitably joined andsecured together, as by means of spot welding, riveting, or the like,thus completing a strong and rigid construction for each case section 1.

Each drawer is preferably made of a sheet metal bottom 21 having one endupturned to form the forward wall 22`and the other end upturned to formthe rear wall 23 of the drawer, which rear wall may Ibe extended upwardand thence forward and downward to form a retainer or shield 24 at therear end of the drawer for holding down the rear ends of drawings orother papers filed therein. This retainer 24 may be made integral withthe bottom of the drawer, as shown in Fig. 8, or may be made of a sepasvshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Each side wall 25 of the drawer is made of a channel member havingout-turned flanges 26, the lower edge of which side wall is joined tothe down-turned flanges 27 formed on the side edges of the bottom 21 andat the rear end the upper edge of the side wall may be joined to theretainer 24 as by means lof the down-turned fiange 28 thereon.

The front of the drawer may be finished by a sheet metal face wall 29abutting the front wall 22 of the drawer and having an of the bearingwallsinturned flange 30 on its lower edge with its ends secured to theside walls of the drawer, and also having an inturned flange 31 on itsupper edge likewise secured at its ends to will be understood that inthe construction` of the drawer the various overlapping and abuttingparts are secured together as by spot welding, riveting, or the like, soas tomake a rigid and substantially unitary structure.

A pair of handles 33 and a label holder 34 may be cut and stampedforward from the face wall 29 and in this event the forward wall 22 ofthe Idrawer forms a backing and closure for the resulting openings;which features of construction are not claimed herein, but are made thesubject matter of another application for patent, Serial No. 165,319,filed herewith.

The channel members 25 forming the side walls of the drawers are soproportioned that the out-turned flanges thereof will operate neatlybetween the inturned flanges 19 on the channel members 18 forming theguide-ways on the side walls of the case; and the latter channel membersare spaced from each other, and also from the top and bottom flanges 17and 17a on the bearing wall of the case, so that the out-turned flangeson the channel member side walls of the drawers will operate neatlybetween them; which general relation of the parts is shown more clearlyin Figs. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings.

By this construction and arrangement, it is evident that the flanges onthe channel members forming the sides of the drawers not only serve tostifl'en and strengthen the drawers themselves, but serve also assuitable slides and guides for operating and holding the drawer inproper place between the inturned flanges on the bearing walls of thecase, the lower fla-nge on the drawer in each case serving as a slidebearingand the upper flange Serving as a guide bearing; and each flangeof the channel members on the bearing wall of the case serving both* asa slide bearing for the superposed drawer and a guide bearing for thesubjacent drawer.

I claim 1. A cabinet including a case, a plurality of drawers havingchannel member side walls with out-turned flanges, and spaced channelmembers on the sides of the case having inturned flanges formingguide-ways for the side Wall flanges of the drawers, each 3. A cabinetdrawer having sheet metal case flange forming a guide for a superposedchannel member side Walls With out-turned 10 and a subjacent drawerflange. Hangers, a sheet metal bottom having yup- 2. A cabinet drawerhaving sheet meta? turned portions forming front and rear side Wallsmade of channel members with Walls and a sheet metal face Wall on theout-turned Hanges, and a sheet metal bottom front Wall having nturnedflanges overlaphavng upturned portions forming front and ping the sideWalls. y rear Walls. SAMUEL F. LONG.

